Holding to things as realities, i. e the false tenet that things are real.
法執 [py] făzhí [wg] fa-chih [ko] 법집 pŏpjip [ja] ホウシュウ hōshū ||| 'Attachment to (the reality of) elemental constructs (dharma-grāha).' The belief that although the self (我) is an illusory conglomerate of the five skandhas, the compositional elements (法) of existence are inherently real. Yogācāra texts teach that the practitioners of the two vehicles are capable of eliminating attachment to the notion of an inherent, perduring self, but are not aware of their unconscious attachment to the reality of elemental constructs. The bodhisattvas, seeing elemental constructs to be empty of an enduring nature, eliminate the noetic hindrances 所知障. Also expressed as 法我執. (2) 'Attachment to the teachings.' To hold rigidly to the teachings of Buddhism. (dharma-grāha). Same as 法縛.
3. 執著一切法為實有,為二執之一。[陳義孝編, 竺摩法師鑑定, 《佛學常見辭彙》] 「我執」之對稱。又作法我執、法我見。略稱法我、假名我。係應破除之兩種我執之一。將所有存在(法)之本質認為是固定不變、有實體之物,稱為法執;而將人類之本質認為是固定不變、有實體者,則稱為我執。以上皆屬迷妄之見解。說一切有部主張人我非實有,唯法性實有,即所謂之法我執;大乘主張諸法皆因緣生,無實有之自性,乃隨邪執而有法我,故倡法無我、法空。成唯識論卷二(大三一‧七上):「法執皆緣自心所現似法,執為實有,然似法相從緣生故,是如幻有,所執實法妄計度故,決定非有。」
據成唯識論卷二載,法執分為二種:(一)俱生法執,由無始已來即帶虛妄熏習之內因力,恆與果報之身俱有,不須待邪教及邪分別,任運而轉。又分常相續與有間斷二種,前者在第七識緣第八識而起自心之相,執為實法;後者在第六識緣識所變之蘊、處、界之相而起自心之相,執為實法。二者均微細而難斷。(二)分別法執,由現在之外緣力,非與身俱有,要待邪教及邪分別,然後方起。亦有二種,一緣邪教所說蘊、處、界之相而起自心之相,分別計度,執為實法;一緣邪教所說自性等相而起自心之相,分別計度,執為實法。二者粗重,故易斷。其中,俱生法執,為修所斷,於十地之中數數修習勝法空觀,方能除滅;分別法執,為見所斷,入初地時觀一切法之法空真如,即能除滅。
又法之本體為假有,迷於假有,故生法執,法執為根本本體,更於法執之上,生起我執(人執),故有僅存法執而不存我執者;然若我執存在,則必有法執。起法執即生所知障,起我執則生煩惱障。顯揚聖教論卷十六(大三一‧五五九下):「由法執故,世間愚夫起眾生執;除眾生執現起纏故,覺法實性;覺法性故,法執永斷。法執斷時,當知亦斷眾生執隨眠。」此外,護法認為法執唯在第六、七等二識,安慧則認為除第七識外,其餘之七識(即前五識及第六、第八識)通有法執。〔大毘婆沙論卷九、成唯識論卷五、梁譯攝大乘論卷七、瑜伽師地論卷七十四、成唯識論述記卷一、卷二末〕(參閱「二執」210、「我執」2942)
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謂眾生不了五陰等法,從因緣生,如幻如化,計為我身,妄生執著,是名法執。